Suicide has been described as "the only really serious philosophical problem" (Camus, 1942(Camus, /1955. It is therefore fitting that, as a fundamentally philosophical system, rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) would speak specifically to the issues of suicide and suicidal behavior. However, REBT heretofore has been relatively quiet on suicide, with only a few papers devoted specifically to the topic. In this chapter, we discuss how suicide and suicidal behavior are conceptualized in REBT, as well as how suicidal patients might be helped through REBT interventions.Recent years have seen an increase in discussions of suicidality from a cognitive perspective. For example, T. E. Ellis (1986) reviewed empirical findings regarding cognition and suicide and suggested possible directions for treatment in a generic cognitive therapy context and later authored a selfhelp book (T. E. Ellis & Newman, 1996). Linehan has conducted extensive research on suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder and developed a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (dialectical behavior therapy [DBT]) that is considered applicable to a broad range of suicidal patients (Linehan, 1993). Most recently, Rudd, Joiner, and Rajab (2001) described a 75 '